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May 15, 2025Confessional yet cathartic, ‘Metalhorse’ is an emotionally resonant piece of work that is vital, vivid and showcases why Billy NoMates is an undisputed ‘Tor’ de force.
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UncutMay 15, 2025The dilapidated English fairground has served as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of the music business for everyone from Ray Davies to Kevin Ayers, but it's rarely been so vividly, furiously and poignantly realised. [Jun 2025, p.35]
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May 16, 2025["The Moon Explodes" is] a perfect example of the witty resilience that makes Metalhorse inspiring and often brilliant.
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May 16, 2025It’s Billy Nomates’ best album to date, and testimony to the fact that whatever doesn’t kill you does indeed make you stronger.
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May 15, 2025Altogether, with added depth and melody, it’s Maries’ best yet. [Jun 2025, p.88]
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May 15, 2025Metalhorse largely succeeds in conveying the pushing and pulling through life.
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Record CollectorJun 12, 2025[The] third album's title is a funfair metaphor for life - sometimes scary, sometimes cathartic. The record stands firm in between. [Jul 2025, p.103]
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May 27, 2025Metalhorse, like a carousel in the conceptual bedraggled funfair, spins itself in circles for its own sake. It’s honest about its origins and inspiration, but hurts itself by not seeing that it’s repeating itself as it goes on.